FAQ: Participating in this mailing list

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On 02/20/16 23:20, Tim wrote:
> It's about time someone posted something like this, yet I can't ever
> recall seeing FAQs sent to this list, it may as well be me:
>
> It is much preferred that participants to mailing lists write, and
> reply, to messages in the manner the majority prefers, and the manner
> that the list instructions told you to use in the first place.  You're
> expecting help from others, it's polite to make the effort to fit in.
> You will probably not get as much help, perhaps from those who have the
> most useful answers, if you don't.
>
> When replying, write your responses underneath what you're replying to.
> So that *whoever* next reads the message, can read the whole thing in
> order, from top to bottom, in a clear and coherent manner.  Either write
> your responses directly under the specific bits of the message that
> you're responding to (interspersed posting).  Or, entirely below the
> prior message (bottom posting), though this makes it harder for people
> work out what your responses are related to.  i.e. To make it easier to
> follow a message, make it read like a conversation.
>
> And edit out any extraneous stuff from prior messages that doesn't need
> to be quoted.  It's a waste, and makes reading the message more
> cumbersome.  It does not matter where your mail program leaves the
> cursor when you hit reply, use your fingers to change it's position, and
> cut and erase unneeded text as you go along.
>
> HTML messages are not preferred.  They cause problems, and waste far
> more bandwidth and storage space than simpler text-only message.
>
> For more information, look at the links provided (below) from the
> mailing list, itself:
>
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